selja

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I)
(sel, selda, seldr), v.
1) to hand over, deliver;
selja e-m e-t (Ásta selr honum sverðit);
selja e-t í hendr e-m, to make over to one (hann seldi búit í hendr Þorsteini);
selja vápn ór hendi sér, to give up (deliver) one’s weapons;
selja e-t fram, to deliver up;
selja e-m e-t til varðveizlu, to commit to another’s keeping (þér skulut nú selja mér til varðveizlu vápn yður);
hann kvazt hvárki vildu selja grið né taka, he said that he would neither give nor receive pardon;
selja e-m laun, to give reward, pay;
selja fé at láni, to lend money;
selja á leigu, to put out at interest;
selja á frest, to give on credit;
2) to sell, part with (hann seldi land sitt);
selja e-t við litlu (miklu) verði, to sell for a small (great) sum;
selja mansali, to sell into bondage;
þótti þeim konungr út seldr, a done man (= fram seldr);
3) refl., seljast, to give oneself up (seljast arfsali);
seljast út, to turn out;
aldri mun þat vel út seljast, it will never go well.
II)
f. sallow, willow.
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u, f. [A. S. seal; Engl. sallow; Swed. sälg; Dan. sælje; North. E. and Scot. saugh]:—a sallow, a willow, salix capraea, Edda (Gl.), Pr. 473, Lex. Poët.; kirkjan á alla smá-reka, rætr allar ok seljur, Pm. 69. selju-tré, n. a willow-tree, Ám. 111.
II. [selja the verb], a female dealer, whence freq. in poët. circumlocutions of a woman, Edda 68, Lex. Poët.
III. the name of an island in Norway; whence Selju-menn, the saints of Selja; Seljumanna-messa, -vaka, see messa, Bs., N. G. L.; for the story see Fms. i.

An Icelandic-English dictionary. . 1874.

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